Bathroom utility holder



w. D. DAVIS BATHROOM UTILITY HOLDER Filed April 29, 1966 6 T N 0 A N A 0M M L M w BY W ATTORNEY Dec. 5, 1967 United States. Patent 3,356,429BATHROOM UTILITY HOLDER William Dana Davis, 801 6th Ave.,

Helena, Mont. 59601 Filed Apr. 29, 1966, Ser. No. 546,320 3 Claims. (Cl.31239) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A bathroom utility holder forsupporting a roll of toilet paper for use and in a substantiallyconcealed position. A removable cover facilitates refilling the holderand additionally provides an ashtray and a support for a drinking glassand toothbrushes.

This invention relates to a holder of general utility for use inbathrooms and more particularly to a holder for containing a roll oftoilet paper normally stored in a concealed position.

One object of the invention is to provide a holder having a removablecover to facilitate reloading the holder with a fresh toilet paper roll.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder wherein the coverfunctions as an ashtray and a holder for a drinking glass.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafterbecome more fully apparent from the following description of thedrawing, illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, andwherein:

FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of the utility holder;

FIGURE 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof, taken substantially alonga line 22 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially along a line3-3 of FIGURE 1 and showing the holder in an applied position, and

FIGURE 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially along aplane as indicated by the line 44 of FIGURE 2.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the bathroom utility holderin its entirety is designated generally 6 and includes a substantiallyrectangular body portion 7 composed of a rear wall 8, side walls 9 and10, a front wall 11 and oblique front corner wall portions 12 and 13which extend between the front wall 11 and the side walls 9 and 10,respectively. As seen in FIGURES 2 and 3, the body 7 has an open bottom14 and an open top 15.

As best seen in FIGURE 2, the rear wall 8 has a plurality of invertedkeyhole-shaped openings 16, selected ones of which receive drivenfastenings 17 (FIGURE 3) for detachably mounting the holder 6 on a wallor other upright support 18, in which said fastenings are anchored.Heads of the fastenings 17 are capable of passing through the largebottom portions of the openings 16 and the shanks of said fastenings arecapable of engaging through the restricted upper portions of theopenings 16, so that the holder 6 can be applied to or removed from thewall or support 18 without detachin; he fastenings 17.

The side walls 9 and each has an embossed rib 19 on its inner side whichis substantially U-shaped and which is provided with a substantiallysemicircular bottom portion 20 and a flared open top portion 21 whichterminates at the open upper end 15 of the body 7, as seen in FIG- URE3.

The holder 6 includes a top wall or cover 22 of the same marginal shapeas the upper end of the body 7 and of approximately the same size. Themarginal portion of the cover 22 is recessed around its under side, asseen at 23, to provide a marginal flange 24 which rests from the upperedges of the wall 8-13 and so that the bottom portion 25 of the cover22, around which the recess 23 is disposed, fits into the open upper end15 of the body 7. The

upper surface of the cover 22 is recessed to provide an elongatedupwardly opening receptacle 26 which is located adjacent the front wall11 and which has its longitudinal axis disposed parallel thereto. Thereceptacle 26 forms an ashtray in conjunction with two grooves 27 whichare formed in the top surface of cover 22 and which has inner endsopening into the ashtray cavity 26 and the outer ends opening throughperipheral edge portions 28 of the cover which overlie the front cornerWalls 12 and 13. The cigarette receiving grooves 27 are shallower thanthe cavity 26, as seen in FIGURE 3.

The upper surface of the cover 22 is also provided with a recess 28,which is located behind the recess 26, to provide a holder for adrinking glass, not showfi. The recess 28 is preferably shallower thanthe recess 26', as seen in FIGURE 3.

The cover 22 may be provided, adjacent the ends of its thickened portion25, with rectangular openings 29 forming toothbrush holders which areadapted to accommodate the handle portions of toothbrushes, not shown,which may be inserted downwardly therethrough.

The holder 6 also includes a roller or spindle 30 of a length to fitendwise between the side walls 9 and 10, and which is of a diameter suchthat its end portions are journaled in and supported by the semicircularbottom portions 20 of the U-shaped ribs 19, for mounting the rollerdetachably in the body 7.

With the cover 22 removed from the body 7, the roller 30 may be liftedupwardly and removed from the ribs 19 through their open upper ends 21.The roller 30 can then be inserted through the tubular core 31 of aconventional roll of toilet paper 32 which may be inserted intb the body7 through its open top 15 with the roller or spindle 30, so that theends of the spindle will enter the two U-shaped ribs 19 through theirflared open upper ends 21 and will thereafter move downwardly intoengagement with the semicircular bottom portions 20 of the ribs, forsupporting the toilet paper roll 32 within the body 7. The cover 22 canthen be replaced on the top of the body 7, as seen in FIGURES 1 to 3, sothat the toilet paper roll 32 may be stored within the holder 6 in asubstantially concealed position. The outer free end 33 of the toiletpaper roll 32 will extend downwardly through the open bottom 14 to begrasped for rotating the roll 32 within the holder 6 for extracting ordispensing paper therefrom.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously beresorted to without departing from the function or scope of theinvention, as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bathroom utility holder comprising a body having an open bottom andan open top, a roller, means detachably supporting and journaling saidroller in said body, and a cover detachably mounted on and closing theopen top of the body and having a portion extending into said open topand a surrounding marginal flange portion resting on the upper edge ofthe body, said cover having an upper surface recessed to provide an ashreceptable including cigarette receiving grooves of a lesser depth thanthe remainder of said receptacle, said roller being adapted to support aroll of toilet paper in a substantially concealed position within theholder to be dispensed through the open bottom thereof.

2. A utility holder as in claim 1, and said upper surface of the coverbeing provided with a drinking glass receiving cavity disposed behindsaid ashtray receptacle.

3. A utility holder as in claim 2, said cover hav- 2,592,346 4/1952Scogin 24255 .3 ing toothbrush handle receiving openings adapted to,647,786 8/1953 Locke 211-75 X supporting a plurality of toothbrushes onthe cover. 2,733,393 3/ 195 6 L66 3 -39 X 2,912,114 11/1959 Levitt211-65 References Cited 5 2,993,658 7/ 1961 Sweeney 31239 X UNITEDSTATES PATENTS JOHN PETO, Primary Examiner.

1,507,466 9/1924 Collins 312206 X

1. A BATHROOM UTILITY HOLDER COMPRISING A BODY HAVING AN OPEN BOTTOM ANDAN OPEN TOP, A ROLLER, MEANS DETACHABLY SUPPORTING AND JOURNALING SAIDROLLER IN SAID BODY, AND A COVER DETACHABLY MOUNTED ON AND CLOSING THEOPEN TOP OF THE BODY AND HAVING A PORTION EXTENDING INTO SAID OPEN TOPAND A SURROUNDING MARGINAL FLANGE PORTION RESTING ON THE UPPER EDGE OFTHE BODY, SAID COVER HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE RECESSED TO PROVIDE AN ASHRECEPTACLE INCLUDING CIGARETTE RECEIVING GROOVES OF A LESSER DEPTH THANTHE REMAINDER OF SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID ROLLER BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT AROLL OF TOILET PAPER IN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONCEALED POSITION WITHIN THEHOLDER TO BE DISPENSED THROUGH THE OPEN BOTTOM THEREOF.